"After referring to the circumstances that make the seed ineffective, he finally speaks the parable of the good soil. It does not give place to discouragement, on the contrary, it opens the way to hope, and shows that everyone can become good soil "8. The seed that fell on good soil are those who hear the word with a good and generous heart, keep it and bear fruit through patience.
All of us, regardless of our previous situation, can bear good fruit for God, for He constantly sows the seed of His grace. Effectiveness depends on our dispositions. "The only thing that matters is not to be a road, nor a rocky field, nor a thorny field, but good soil Let not the heart be a path where the enemy carries away, like birds, the seed trodden by passers-by; not a rocky field where the scanty soil makes what the sun will scorch immediately sprout; not a boulder of human passions and the cares of dissolute life ". There are three characteristics that the Lord points out in the good soil: to listen with a contrite, humble heart to the divine requirements; to strive so that - through prayer and mortification - these requirements penetrate the soul and do not diminish with the passage of time; and finally, to begin and begin again, without becoming discouraged if the fruits are slow in coming, if we realize that the defects do not disappear in spite of the years and the effort in the struggle to uproot them.
I will give you a new heart, and I will give you a new spirit," we read today in the Liturgy of the Hours; "I will tear out of your flesh the heart of stone, and I will give you a heart of flesh. If we want to be docile and docile, we must be docile. If we are willing and docile, the Lord is ready to change in us whatever is necessary to transform us into good and fertile soil. Even the deepest part of our being, the heart, can be renewed if we allow ourselves to be drawn by God's grace, which is always so abundant. The important thing is to go to him again and again, in humility, asking for help, without ever wanting to leave his side, even if it seems to us that we are not making progress, that time goes by and we do not reap the desired fruits. God is a farmer," teaches St. Augustine, "and if he withdraws from man, man becomes a desert. Man is also a farmer, and if he turns away from God, he also becomes a desert ". Let us not separate ourselves from him; let us turn to his merciful Heart many times throughout the day.
Hablar con Dios